Blog: Spotlight on SIG etcd

In this SIG etcd spotlight we talked with James Blair , Marek Siarkowicz , Wenjia Zhang , and Benjamin Wang to learn a bit more about this Kubernetes Special Interest Group. Frederico: Hello, thank you for the time! Let’s start with some introductions, could you tell us a bit about yourself, your role and how you got involved in Kubernetes. Benjamin: Hello, I am Benjamin. I am a SIG etcd Tech Lead and one of the etcd maintainers. I work for VMware, which is part of the Broadcom group. I got involved in Kubernetes & etcd & CSI ( Container Storage Interface ) because of work and also a big passion for open source. I have been working on Kubernetes & etcd (and also CSI) since 2020. James: Hey team, I’m James, a co-chair for SIG etcd and etcd maintainer. I work at Red Hat as a Specialist Architect helping people adopt cloud native technology. I got involved with the Kubernetes ecosystem in 2019. Around the end of 2022 I noticed how the etcd community and project needed help so started contributing as often as I could. There is a saying in our community that “you come for the technology, and stay for the people”: for me this is absolutely real, it’s been a wonderful journey so far and I’m excited to support our community moving forward.